ἦ γάρ when used alone in dialogue = is it not so? Cp. n'est ce pas, nicht wahr? Elsewhere it often has the force of am I to understand that asked with surprise. Thus, ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ', ἀπόρρητον πόλει; what, dost

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thou in truth intend to bury him, when it is forbidden to the citizens?S.Ant. 44.